Texas Jamboree Standout Performers

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Texas Jamboree is an annual tournament that takes place in Houston and is considered one of the largest in-season tournaments during the scholastic basketball season. Let's take a look at some players who helped their team get some big time victories. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1136957"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Scottie was a big time performer in the clutch during Denton Ryan's huge win over Pearland Dawson. Johnson showed ability to manuever around defenders in the post and floated several hook shots over the defense, even getting a few to fall with his non-dominant hand. Scottie was battling hard all game against [player_tooltip player_id='1487553' first='Charles' last='Anderson'] for rebounds and despite being outsized, showed great heart and hustle this entire contest. Scottie was also a key figure in the pick and roll, excelling as the screener and getting to the basket with ease often finishing a tough shot over the defense. 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He paced the offense with great speed and was able to control the ball with great efficiency even against high pressure defense. Dent showed ability to beat his defender to the basket with deadly speed and even finished several tough layups over taller defenders. What I liked most about him was his ability to pressure the ball without ever giving up, even when he got beat down the court, he would go right back to guarding his man. 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Brantley showed ability to shoot the ball from deep, as well as take his defender to the midrange or the rim. Andre is very physical on defense, not afraid to body up his matchup. 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Mugabo pulled down several rebounds, using his size and wingspan to tower over defenders and finish severa layups and floaters with ease over his matchup. I would like to see Julien use his frame a little stronger and go up quicker instead of putting the ball on the floor when he gets it, but this is a learning curve he will grasp in no time. Julien showed potential even hitting a few midrange jumpers and then following his shot at the goal for an easy putback. Look for him to continue securing the middle for this Lamar team as the season progresses.","_player_evaluations_4_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations":5,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6574d1ea0baaf"} /-->